Project Overview

The CSX Corp. Northwest Ohio Trans-Shipment Terminal, which was completed in 2011 in Henry Township, occupies a 500-acre site along Ohio Route 18, giving it convenient access to Interstate 75. The addition of the top of the line intermodal freight hub to CSX Terminal required about $175 million in capital investment and granted 400 temporary jobs and roughly 200 permanent jobs. This well-connected facility lowered product costs and continues to make products available at cost-effective rates across the United States and Canada.

The Wood County Port Authority assisted in helping facilitate the closure of the CSX investment by coming up with a way that the Liberty Hi grade separation could be done for the targeted cost that CSX indicated it could not exceed and within the time frame that CSX required.  Without the WCPA building the Liberty Hi bridge and relocating state route 18, the project would not have been initiated.  WCPA brought this project in on time and on budget.  This is what Wood County’s Port Authority does.  The Executive Director, the Project Director and members of the Board ‘Focus’ on the problem, ‘Dedicate’ the Port’s resources and Board Personnel in solving the problem, ‘Research’ possible solutions, ‘Persevere’ using the ‘Teamwork’ of the Board to achieve the results expected by the client.

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